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The restaurants have paid almost half that to date, the DOL has confirmed. Investigators determined most workers received only about half the pay they had earned from Feb. 15, 2017, to Feb. 14, 2019 -- the date the probe began. “Our investigation found this employer broke the law deliberately. Employers who misclassify employees as independent contractors cheat those workers out of wages and deny them other workplace protections,” said Wage and Hour Division Assistant District Directo...

Federal investigation found Southeast Minnesota restaurant staff paid for only half the hours they worked An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division determined 36 cooks and dishwashers at two Rancho Loco restaurants — one in Red Wing and another in Cannon Falls — received about half the pay they had earned because they were misclassified as independent contractors instead of as employees. The courts have ruled that the owners must pay $435,785 in...

The United State Department of Labor said in a news release that owners of Rancho Loco Grill and Bar in Red Wing and Rancho Loco Mexican Grill and Bar in Cannon Falls must pay 36 workers after it was found they had underpaid them.  Investigators determined most workers received only about half the pay they had earned.  The ruling was passed down on June 29 in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis.  Ramon Ruelas, Jorge Arcos, Nancy Arcos and Medardo Arcos are ordered to pay a total of $435...